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Knit Along Day 3: The Other Sleeve

October 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

Knit Along Day 3: The Other Sleeve

Last week’s installment of the fall knit along featured the pattern for the first sleeve for your Remy Pullover. This week is a bit of a repeat since it’s time for sleeve 2 of 2. There are a couple of variations you can do if you are a knitter who hates knitting things like mittens, socks and sweater sleeves. You know, projects that involve knitting things twice.

If you simply want to knit your second sleeve identical to the first, which is what I did, you can simply check out last week’s post for the Remy Pullover sleeve pattern in sizes XS through XXL. If not, here are a few ideas to keep things interesting for you.

Variation 1: try a different cable

Using the pattern shared last week, try your hands at knitting right instead of left-leaning cables. All you have to do is print out the pattern, and replace all of the LCx3’s (left leaning 3 over 3 cables) with RCx3’s (right leaning 3 over 3 cables). And if you’re good keeping track of things in your head, you can just remember to lean your cables to the right for the second sleeve. This is a great option if you’re really into symmetry in your garments, and it’s also good if you want to practice cabling (particularly cabling in the round).

Knit Along Day 3: The Other Sleeve at handsoccupied.com

Variation 2: learn to knit two-at-time

I’m a big fan of knitting on double pointed needles (DPNs), but a lot of people who loathe redundant knitting tasks like knitting a second sleeve or sock should learn how to knit two-at-a-time. I don’t have a lot of personal experience knitting two-at-a-time projects, but here are a few tutorials you can take a look at if you’d like to learn:

how to cast on two-at-a-time -jimmy beans wool
knitting in the round, two at a time on one circular needle -spinfoolish
casting on for two gloves or socks on one circular needle -heidi bears
two at a time cuff down socks -knit purl hunter

Keep in mind that this isn’t necessarily a technique for those new to knitting, but it’s fun, especially for redundant knitting-haters.

Knit Along Day 3: The Other Sleeve at handsoccupied.com

Variation 3: try different needles

If it doesn’t significantly affect the gauge of your sleeve, you can try knitting one sleeve on circular needles and the other on double pointed needles to give yourself a chance to practice your skills on different needles. I’ll say it again, though – if your gauge is really loose, let’s say, on DPN’s, and really tight on circulars, be careful. You still want your sweater to fit after all!

Knit Along Day 3: The Other Sleeve

Don’t forget about the Lion Brand giveaway!

As you knit your way though the Remy Pullover, don’t forget about entering the Lion Brand prize pack giveaway. For every part of the knit along you finish, you can enter for another chance to win the prize pack. You can also get extra entries by sharing pics of your in-progress sweater with the hashtag #handsoccupiedkal. PS: You can enter once every day using the pic-sharing option. I’m loving seeing what you guys have knit so far!

Here are a couple of shots that have stood out on Instagram: 

@valerieclaires / Remy Pullover presentation

Fellow librarian @valerieclaires tweeted about working on the KAL and a friend shared a snap of the Remy Pullover in his presentation at a conference (librarians are so awesome, in case you didn’t know!)

@valerieclaires / 98% finished Remy Pullover body

@hmckillip is just about done with her sweater body, and it looks amazing! 

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The Remy Pullover knit along is brought to you by Lion Brand Yarns. Check out Lion Brand on social media: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Pinterest. 

The Fall 2014 Knit Along: Knit the Remy Pullover at Hands Occupied

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Other posts in this series:

  1. Announcing the fall knit along! The Remy Pullover
  2. How to do a long tail tubular cast on (optional tutorial for the cast on I like for this pattern)
  3. Do the math, get the fit / Fall Knit Along Day 1
  4. Knit Along Tips, Tricks & An Official Schedule
  5. Knit Along Day 2: Sleeve time!
  6. Fall KAL Day 3: The Other Sleeve
  7. How to attach sleeves / KAL Day 4
  8. How to knit a raglan decrease / KAL Day 5
  9. How to knit the collar / KAL Day 6
  10. more coming soon!

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Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style . How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style 
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In knitting, there are a few common knitting styles. Most often you’re going to encounter continental style and English (throwing) style on your knitting journey. I recently had an old video teaching continental style get a lot of views. Based on the comments, it was clear the people wanted to also see a throwing tutorial, so here you go! 🧶
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Please note that there is a LOT of variation in knitting styles, and one isn’t necessarily better than another. Most often, I’ve found it comes down to two things: how you were taught and whether or not you’re really into colorwork knitting (which can involve a mix of styles). 
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Longer-term knitters who’ve made it this far: do you prefer one over the other? And why? 
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How to do a one-step provisional knitting cast on How to do a one-step provisional knitting cast on / a.k.a. crochet provisional cast on, scrap yarn cast on
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I read recently that tiktok and Instagram are being used as search engines more and more. 🤔 I thought since I’m going to all the work of making tutorials on YouTube, I should experiment with making a quick version of them for other platforms. There are obvious teaching limitations to vertical video, short-form content like this, but I think I covered the gist of this cast on in a minute. The YouTube version also covers how to unzip this cast on because there was time for it 👍🏻 L1nk is in my profile. 
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I’m very much looking for feedback as I continue to make instructional knitting & craft videos. Sometimes good tutorials are hard to find, and (ideally polite) feedback helps me improve. 
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For the first time in a long time, there’s a new For the first time in a long time, there’s a new tutorial from Hands Occupied! 🎉 The video is live on YouTube & the blog. 
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The post covers what provisional cast ons are & how they differ, and the video covers how to work a one-step provisional cast on using scrap yarn and a crochet hook. (This is a great one to save for future reference.)
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I learned several names for this method while researching this video & post. Crochet provisional cast on, one-step cast on, scrap yarn cast on - if you know even more names for this technique, please share! 
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Working on a sample for some upcoming videos. It’s an overcast day with intermittent sunshine & I have a scruffy little sidecar. 🐶 Can’t complain! 
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What’s on your needles this week? 
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Yarn: @debbieblissknits Cashmerino Aran 
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Peg boards and craft room organization go together Peg boards and craft room organization go together like peanut butter and jelly. So, as you can see, do latch hook tools and screwdriver organizers! 🪛 
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I think this trick translates to any tool with a thick handle, so leather working tools, punch needles, print making tools, etc. should work! What other tools am I, a needlecrafter, blanking on right now? 
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